40K Combat Patrol: Lamenters vs Tyranids

The Lamenters Combat Patrol try to investigate organic nodes at the rusting comms facility, as the Tyranid swarm tries to eat them!

The action will swirl around the central building.

Tyranid Combat Patrol

Space Marine Combat Patrol

Infernus Marines approach a pulsating node.

A brood of Leapers and a Psychophage scuttle towards them.

The Leapers are incinerated before they can attack.

Terminators pound Termagants into a sticky mess...

... and follow up into the Tyranid Prime.

The winged Prime flies away and guides more Termagants to the Infernus squad.

The Psychophage turns its attention to the hulking warriors.

Endless swarms of Termagants hurl themselves at the Infernus squad.

The Psychophage tears into the Terminators and eventually eats them all.

The Prime launches itself at the Captain, but he heroically kills it with his powersword.

Prolonged melee will eventually see numbers prevail.

The Captain plants a meltabomb in a node and fights off hordes of lesser beasts,
but the Lamenters are unsuccessful overall.

I had a game of 40K Combat Patrol, pitting the endless swarm of the Tyranids against the valiant and unlucky Lamenters. I don't mind the limited format, as we're still forgetting a myriad of rules left, right and centre. The Infernus Marines put up a longer fight than I expected, as the Termagants don't hit hard in close combat. I didn't want the Marines to get to fire their Pyreblasters, so gumming them up with waves of 'nids was a viable tactic. The Psychophage is 'tankier' than it looks, making a literal meal of the Terminators. The Tyranids were able to bring back many Termagants using their 'Teeming broods' ability, almost faster than the marines could kill them. The sole surviving Lamenter was the Captain.

I made some objectives in 24h using old scenery bitz on 40mm bases. I've got more to build, and I'll see if I can number them 1-6. A nice fun project to get done from my pile of potential.

40mm 40K objectives

Mike Broadbent

I heard that Mike Broadbent passed away earlier this month. He sculpted many ranges, not least the teddy bears for multiple periods. I mostly knew him for his Australian 54mm figures, which I have picked up over several decades. I met him at a few conventions, working with Eureka and Slave 2 Gaming.

Vale.

Five Parsecs. Campaign Game 18. A secret revealed

 Last time, in Hive Primus...

Gallius Marbec's resolve to unmask his mysterious opponents is unquenched, despite the death of Julio Rybeck and the injuries to his other companions. Marabec leads his reluctant team deeper into the Underhive...

"Down here will be proof of our enemies!"

Chugger runs forwards, enraged by what he sees!

He uproots the hated totem,
but is distracted from approaching swift movement...

Xenos! Terrifying monsters slide out of the gloom!

Chugger swats them back but more erupt from hidden passageways!

"Fall back!" cries Marbec.

Roma guts one of the monsters with her sword

Chugger takes the foul totem with him.

Impossibly, Akenz fights off three xenos.

The last beast hisses and withdraws under a crossfire.

Marbec returns to safer levels. His crew are rattled by what they have encountered, and can barely explain it to Venda and Lady Heldycryn in the sickbay.

Is this blasphemous totem the proof Marbec needs?

Gallius decides it is time to leave. His crew are loading supplies into their shuttle when the hangar bay doors explode inwards...

To be continued!

Lamenters Kill Team Justian

++Our forces have been scattered. I will gather survivors and complete the mission.++

Captain Justian, 3rd Company

Strike Force Justian

Strike Force Justian was a 2023 limited release* of Space Marine sculpts which could add variety to your force, and also came with rules for a Kill Team. All the figures have detailed sculpted bases (which I quite like) and a choice of bare or helmeted heads. I agonised during assembly about the helmets vs. bare-headed debate. Ultimately, I landed on the bare-headed side due to the rule of cool. I painted them as Lamenters. The chapter markings are handpainted; the tactical markings are decals.

The figures come with names, but I've created my own characterisations. This Strike Force is an ad hoc creation following a (typically) unlucky planetary insertion.

Captain Justian is unimaginative, but leads from the front and cares for his men. I used some spare decals for his cape, which I'm pretty happy with.

Captain Justian

Sergeant Marius is an experienced leader. Justian listens to his advice and lets him steer the squad tactically.

Sergeant Marius

Brother Flavian is taciturn and efficient.  He is an Eliminator with a bolt sniper rifle. He wears the lighter Phobos armour, and cunningly covers the bright yellow with a cameleoline cloak. Something went awry in the painting and the wash came out very muddy and took off a bit of the underlying paint, but it looks OK in the end.

Brother Flavian

Cameleoline cloak

Brother Acules is a Heavy Intercessor and relishes weathering a storm of fire to protect his battle-brothers. He wears Gravis model armour, which is a bit beefier all over. He has a Heavy Bolter.

Brother Acules

When off duty, Brother Decian prays and hones his chainsword skills for melee.

Brother Decian

Brother Thysor was impetuous as a younger marine, but losing his arm made him more cautious. This is a superb sculpt with a real sense of motion. The smoke grenade hangs mid-air off the end of his bionic arm while his whole body goes into the throw. The pin lies by his feet as the lever flicks off. The pouch on his belt lies empty.

Brother Thysor

Brother Vignius is an experienced and level-headed marine who could be expected to lead his own squad some day- if he survives.

Brother Vignius

Skull-o-meter™: 31

Whilst painting Lamenters, I took the opportunity to complete my Infernus Marines. I finished another five, to make ten. I repainted the originals' shoulder borders to all yellow, and tidied up some squad marking decals for consistency.

Infernus Marines

*Whatever that means

More Red Corsairs recruits

I've repainted more of my pink marines to the livery of the Red Corsairs. I started with older sculpts (2008?) as a test, then moved on to the ones from Blackstone Fortress. I used Army Painter Speed Paint 2.0 Bright Red directly over the pink. I left all the trim black- phew- I can see why Chaos players complain about painting this. I gave them a more pallid skin.

Sorcerer lord in terminator armour

Chaos Lord